Stephen Dorff to star in ‘Zaytoun’

'King's Speech' producer Gareth Unwin on board

LONDON — Stephen Dorff has been tapped for the lead in U.K.-Israeli co-production “Zaytoun,” directed by Eran Riklis (“Lemon Tree”).

Dorff will play an Israeli fighter pilot shot down over Beirut in 1982. He meets a 10-year-old Palestinian refugee and their distrust soon develops into friendship as they make their way across war-torn Lebanon to a place they both call home.